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Definition of Sow bug

1. Noun. Terrestrial isopod having an oval segmented body (a shape like a sow).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sow Bug

Literary usage of Sow bug

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Elementary Course in Practical Zoölogy by Buel Preston Colton (1895)
"THE SOW-BUG. Sow-bugs are usually to be found under boards and stones, ... By pinching the body of a live sow- bug, the mouth is sometimes more ..."

2. A Course in Invertebrate Zoölogy: A Guide to the Dissection and Comparative by Henry Sherring Pratt (1915)
"A SOW-BUG (Porce/lio, Oniscus. or Armadillidium) This animal is one of the few terrestrial crustaceans. It may be found at any time of the year under stones ..."

3. A Course in Invertebrate Zoölogy: A Guide to the Dissection and Comparative by Henry Sherring Pratt (1901)
"A SOW-BUG (Porcellio, Oniscus, or Armadillidium) This animal is one of the few terrestrial crustaceans. ..."

4. Elements of Comparative Zoology by John Sterling Kingsley (1897)
"SOW-BUG: LABORATORY WORK. Can you make out three regions in the body: head, thorax, and abdomen ? Where would you draw the Hues between the regions ? ..."

5. Laboratory Manual of Biology by George William Hunter, Morris Crawford Valentine (1903)
"SOW-BUG. Materials. — Alcoholic specimens of Oniscus sp. 1. a. What is the shape of the body? b. ... Is the sow-bug a segmented animal ? Why ? 3. a. ..."

6. A Laboratory Guide for Beginners in Zoology by Clarence Moores Weed, Ralph Wallace Crosman (1902)
"CHAPTER VII BRANCH ARTHROPODA: ANIMALS WITH JOINTED LEGS THE WOOD-LOUSE OR SOW-BUG THESE curious creatures may be obtained in abundance under boards and ..."

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